Houston Fine Arts Scene 0513
Installation at Lawndale
5 Photos in This Gallery
Numbers 1, 3 and 4 in the gallery were at 4411 Montrose. Reyna was at the opening of her show at Wade Wilson Fine Art. Her work is currently showing there. Adela Andea’s work is now on exhibit at Art League Houston on Montrose.
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- Stylish Girl in a Paint Box
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- Installation at Lawndale
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- Selling Art at Anya Tish Gallery
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- Artist Reyna Foster
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- Installation by Adela Andea
Crystal Singing Bowl Healing
Crystal Singing Bowl
5 Photos in This Gallery
Crystal Bowl Sound Healing is based on the Tibetan belief that everything in the world is made of energy. Our bodies contain energy in the form of vibrating atoms. These vibrations can be disrupted by injury, disease, poor diet and other nasty things. Sounds made by a crystal bowl restore natural healthy vibrations. Different sized bowls are intended to vibrate at frequencies appropriate to each of the seven chakras. This group meets at a time observed around the world simultaneously. Music is created by rubbing the bowl with a rubber mallet. The leader of the group also played the flute. I captured their ceremony on an afternoon in Menil Park, just a few yards away from the famous Rothko Chapel. The temperature was around 90F/32C, but it was comfortable in the shade with a light breeze blowing. My headache cleared as the music began.
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- Getting Ready
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- Playing the Flute
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- Getting Going
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- A Healing Music Group
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- Crystal Singing Bowl
Houston Art Car Parade 2013 Part 3
Petrified Ducks
This is the final installment of the Houston Art Car Parade photos for this year. More girls in costumes for your enjoyment.
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- Wonder Woman
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- Burlesque Performer Kiki
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- Girls Who Play Horns
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- Pinhole Camera Girl
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- Petrified Ducks
Houston Art Car Parade 2013 Part 2
Grannie’s Pickup
Costumes have become a big part of the art car parade so here are a few more people in costume. The man with the flags keeps them outside his home in the nearby Houston Heights. It seems like I get hazed by those who hate the USA every time I publish a shot of his house.
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- Animal Bike Girl
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- Eve on Skates
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- Busy Bee Girl
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- Smoking Hot Girl
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- Five Roller Derby Girls
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- Grannie’s Pickup
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- A Patriot
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- Sacrament of the Bananas
Houston Art Car Parade 2013 Part 1
Allen Parkway
Somehow Houston lucked out and had no rain this afternoon so the parade could go on as planned. As usual there were scores of unconventional people, hundreds of decorated cars, and thousands of spectators. I wanted to post some right away so here are the first 5. More to come.
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- Tiger Girls
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- Flower Girls
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- Purple Lady
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- Skulls and Snails
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- Allen Parkway
Coyote Ugly Austin
Girl Bartender in Blue
Coyote Ugly is a chain of bars featuring scantily clad female bartenders who strut around on the solidly constructed bar. They offer body shots where one girl pours tequila into the other’s naval for a customer to drink. The first girl also spits a lime into the customer’s mouth. Some of what went on there was too over the top to show here.
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- Girl Bartender, Beer Mishap
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- Two Girls on the Bar
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- Body Shot
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- Two Girls, Fake Kiss
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- Three Girl Bartenders
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- The Crowd Outside
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- Girl Bartender in Blue
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- Blond with Tattoos Out Front
Old Pecan Street Festival, Austin
Three Girls in Tutu’s
As if Friday night’s insanity wasn’t enough, on Saturday 6th Street was closed off for a street festival and paint covered participants from a color run that morning were wandering around. The bars were open and people were selling beer out of ice filled barrels on the street. [NB, the dizzy rooster girls were asked if it was OK before I started shooting.]
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- Three Bikini’s Girls
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- Dizzy Rooster Girls
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- Three Girls in Tutu’s
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- Color Runners
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- Girl Playing a Guitar on Blue
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- Butterfly Tattoo Girl
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- Big Dog, Little Dog
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- The Bride’s Last Ride
Austin is Weird, Part 2
Tattoo Parlor Crew
My afternoon on 6th Street continues into evening… As of yesterday this blog has accumulated over 2,000 followers.
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- Bachelorette Party
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- Street Portrait Crack Up
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- Stinky Beer Mug
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- Tattoo Parlor Crew
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- Parked Hogs
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- Pizza Girl
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- Girls Waiting for a Tattoo
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- Red River Corner
Austin is Weird
Fire Breathing Bartender
These photos were taken on a Friday evening on Austin’s famous 6th street. If you never heard of it, the place is lined with bars offering cheap drinks, live music and hip young patrons. Most of these people were on a a scavenger hunt that was really more of a pub crawl. They were rowdy, crazy, drunk, and a few collected a bit of my hair as part of their treasure. I have a lot of good photos left to post, so stay tuned. Did halloween come early this year?
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- Bikini’s Hostess
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- Bikini’s Waitress
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- Rental Bike Fun
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- The Grateful Dead
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- Athena
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- Broken Smoke
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- Bride on a Mechanical Bull
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- Fire Breathing Bartender
Kona Pier
Beaching a Canoe
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- Super Woman
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- Scooter Couple
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- Here They Come, Kona
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- Beaching a Canoe
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- Launching a Canoe
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- Mud Ball Man
The pier in Kona is a center of activity. People hang out there or swim on a small sandy beach. Every evening the outrigger canoe teams practice with the men and women alternating days so that the canoes never sit idle. One man takes a daily swim with his clothes on, makes a mud ball and stuffs it in a drain pipe when he is done.
South of Kona
Boats on The Beach
South of Kona there are a series of nearby beaches. Place of Refuge is a Pu’uhonua o National Historic Park and it is adjacent to Two Steps Beach, a popular snorkeling and scuba diving spot. Further down the road is Hookena Beach Park where I photographed some locals and their boats.
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- My New Girlfriend
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- Place of Refuge 1
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- Place of Refuge 2
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- Sea Turtle at Two Steps
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- Boats on The Beach
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- Kicking Back
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- The Painted Church
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- Painted Church Cemetary
Weird Trees
Twisted Trees
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- Pololu Valley
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- Trippy Trees
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- Bent Trees
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- Twisted Trees
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- Banyan Hill
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- Banyan Side
That morning I spoke to a lady on the beach who said “I don’t do drugs, but there are some trippy looking trees up at the North end of this island. Just drive past Hawi until the road ends.” She forgot to mention the steep trail down to the beach. The banyan were photographed on the Hilo side of the island earlier in the week.
Downtown Kona
Kona Wetlands
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- Seawall Girls
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- Kona Redhead
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- Kona Wetlands
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- Kona Seawall
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- Lesbns Benz
The Wetlands were right outside my hotel room balcony. Kona Seawall was taken from the same location where the three girls were sitting. The Mercedes was restored and had a bright red interior.
Rocky Places
Napoopoo View
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- Lava Meets the Sea
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- Napoopoo View
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- Petroglyphs by the Sea
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- Rock Waves
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- Lava beach
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- Lava Thumbprint
Last night it rained 6 inches (15 cm) in my neighborhood. Streets flooded and the lights went out for 8 hours. That did not stop me from going out to some art gallery openings.
The Big Island is mostly covered by lava fields and volcanic ash. The beaches are no exception. Few of them are sandy.
Kona Street Fair
Outdoor Flower Shop
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- Smoked Sea Salt Stand
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- Jewelry Stand
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- Girl Selling Art
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- Ceramics Artist
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- Boutique
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- Hula Girl
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- Weird Fruit
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- Outdoor Flower Shop
On the third Sunday of each month there is a street fair in Kona where vendors set up stands and sell their goods, mostly artsy stuff. Photographers may wish to note that while two subjects are not looking at the camera, they were in on it before I shot.
Volcanos National Park Part II
Crater’s Edge
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- Three Girl Backpackers
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- Lava Swirl
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- The Blob
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- Palms Escape Destruction
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- Crater’s Edge
Today I will be traveling back to Texas, where everything is bigger. I have a lot of photos from Kona and other areas yet to blog.
I met the girl backpackers at the visitor center and a few hours later saw them crossing a lava field off Chain of Craters Road on their way down to the shore. That is one long hike and some very fit women.
Hilo to Kona
Rain Forest Walkway
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- Sunrise on Mauna Kea
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- Akaka Falls
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- Rain Forest Walkway
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- Wall of Palms
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- Dog in a Dress
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- Do Climb Wall
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- Lava Field Overlook
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- Daniella and Kestrel
It’s about 95 miles from Hilo to Kona over scenic roads, going through Waimea. The day began with a stunning view of Mauna Kea from my hotel room watching light from the sunrise move down from the summit. Akaka falls and its surrounding rain forest are on the way, followed by miles of lava fields. In Kona on the pier both the mood and climate are completely different.
Mauna Kea and Others
Ascension
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- Rainbow Falls
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- Saddle Road Lava Field
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- Dr. Doom’s Office
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- Spherical Fun
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- Above the Clouds
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- Mars on Mauna Kea
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- Fence Line
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- Ascension
After a short stop at Rainbow Falls I headed for the Saddle Road to visit Mauna Kea. There is a visitor center about halfway up to the summit from the main road. The road surface then turns to gravel and is steep for 5 miles. My rented Hyundai Elantra barely made it because the minimum speed to produce enough power was also fast enough to overpower the suspension. The final 3 miles is very steep, but paved. The summit is at an oxygen starved 13,796 feet (4,200 Meters). The final photo is one of the spectacular views from my hotel room in Hilo.
Volcanos National Park
Lava Landscape
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- Lava Landscape
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- Lava Tube
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- Busted Lava
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- Road Closed
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- Chain of Craters
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- Rain Forest
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- An Offering to Pele
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- Steam Vents
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- Crater Pano
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- Caldera at Night
This is a magical place where molten lava and poisonous gases spew forth from the ground. Nature is at its peak of fury here. The message is we are nothing. In minutes one passes from desolate inhospitable areas at altitude to lush rain forests and pacific beaches. The landscape is unreal often covered by lava flows.
Japan Festival and Others in Black and White
Photography Lesson
This blog has almost 1,000,000 views. Check on the “About|Widgets” page. Help push me over the top today. The first three photos were taken at the Houston Japan Festival, the final two at Reality Klash on North Main.
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- Asahi Girls
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- Girl in Ripped Denims
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- Chef at Work
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- Custom Harley Sportster
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- Photography Lesson
Houston Japan Festival
Yellow, Blue and Red at Lunch
The Houston Japan festival is open this weekend and admission is free. If you want to eat they sell coupons which must be exchanged for overpriced festival food after waiting on long lines. I have not decided if I am going back over there today even though it isn’t far away.
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- Asahi Beer Girls
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- Girl With Chips
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- Cosplay Red Wig
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- Chow Line
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- Yellow, Blue and Red at Lunch
Houston Fine Arts Scene 0413
Viewing a Masterpiece
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- Girl With Tattoos in a Corsett
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- Hot Pink Conversation
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- Girl in a Blue Dress
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- Viewing a Masterpiece
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- Man in a Studio
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- Vacant Lot on Spring Street
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- Art Interns at Isabella Court
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- Conversation in a Dark Room
Last night the Winter and Spring Street studios had an open house. There are 90 artist’s studios at Winter Street and about 40 at Spring Street. Both buildings were converted from industrial use. Having a large number of artist’s studios close together creates a critical mass allowing such events. The last two photos are from a week ago at Isabella Court and nearby Diverse Works.
Houston Lamborghini Festival
Beyond Their Reach
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- Blond Model and Lamborghini
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- Girls at the Festival
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- Models Shoot Each Other
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- Four Models
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- Beyond Their Reach
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- Self Portrait in Blue
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- Getting a Shot
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- The Game Belongs to Me
In conjunction with a charitable benefit, 50 Lamborghini supercars were displayed at City Center. There were a few models around. The blond was not working for me, the shot is a grab. She had trouble keeping her eyes open in the bright light. I am not sure about the black lines on her dress either. Be careful if you visit City Center. Parking is scarce. If you park next door at Town and Country you will be towed. It has happened to two people I know.
The funny thing about these cars is I could get across town faster in a pickup truck, and much faster on a 650 cc single cylinder motorcycle. The truck can go over curbs, and if you tailgate other drivers will get out of your way. They do it to me all the time. That is how I know. Pickups attract no attention around here. Cops will pull over fancy cars just because they are bored. The bike can go between lanes, so it is fastest.
Photographers, it is impossible to do meaningful automotive photography at an event like this. Use the cars as a background or prop and make people the subject.
Houston Fine Arts Scene 0313
Deep Eddy Girl
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- Deep Eddy Girl
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- Artist Susannah Mira
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- Artist Tarina Frank
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- Buzz Cut Art Loving Girls
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- Performance Art in Dresses
These photos were taken in mid March, 2013 during a city wide ceramics show in Houston. Susannah Mira creates works from repetitive small cast off industrial items. Tarina Frank specializes in wearable art. Both are artists in residence at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. The Buzz Cut girls were viewing ceramic craft art there. Women in matching dresses were burying broken china tea cups in a performance art event that was taking place next door at Lawndale. The Deep Eddy Girl was down the block at War’Hous.
